Download This PaperThe Intellectual Legacy of Progressive Hubris
History of Economic Ideas, XXV, 3, 2017 (Forthcoming)
9 Pages Posted: 14 Nov 2017
Date Written: November 11, 2017
Abstract
This short essay reviews Thomas Leonard's extraordinary book, Illiberal Reformers (Princeton UP, 2016) and at the same time critically discusses the review of the same book recently published in the Journal of Economic Literature. It is argued that the JEL reviewers have grossly misinterpreted Leonard's goal and achievement, the book's main message being a warning against the dangers of scientific hubris - a vice affecting too many economists, then and now
Keywords: Progressive economics, Illiberal Reformers, Gilded Age, eugenics, minimum wage
JEL Classification: A11, B13, B15, N31
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